Integrated Interdisciplinary Program for Fall Prevention in Hospitalized Patients

NCT ID: NCT01817920

Last Updated: 2013-03-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 3000 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2004-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2009-12-31

Brief Summary

Falls are very common accidents in Hospital. It not only results in injuries, less mobility among patients but increases their length of stay, cost and family burdens. Reducing the rates and injuries of falls is an urgent issue around hospitals.

An integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program (IMFPP) was implemented from 2006 in CCH. Members include physicians, nurses, case manager therapists, engineers and staffs of maintenance. The aim of this study is to determine whether IMFPP efforts support interventions with multiple components do reduce the fall rates and severity of injuries.

Conditions

the Fall Rates; the Severity of Injuries

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient in CCH's fall incidence reports system

Exclusion Criteria

• No

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 85 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Changhua Christian Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ta-Sen Wei,MD

Director, Physical Medical and Rehabilitation, Principal Investigator, Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

CCH-091237

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id